Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-16
RUSsIA'S RULER.
The Fate of the Czar Fore
shadOWed.
WILL DIE AS HIS FATHER DID.
An Attempt Upon Bis Life Frus-
trated, Though it Left Him
Unnerved.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
PARIS, March l5.--L'Iatransigeans,
Henri Roclffort's paper, states that sew
eral persons have been arrest ed in ST..
Petersburg on the charge of engaging d.
conspiracy against the life of tho Car
last Sunday. The paper adds that -
the Car was passing along thorough
fare, on his way to attend services in
commemoration of the death Of his
father, bomb was thrown at him, but for
some reason it failed to explode, and that
the persons arrested were con cerned II
the assassination plot.
ST. PETERSBURG, March l5.--It =
semi officially stated that on Sunday the
police were informed that an attempt
might be made on the life of the Cxnr
that day, it being the anniversary Of tho
assassination of his father. As resulk
the police arrested near the Imperial
Palace several persons discovered hold
ing dynamite bombs in their hands.
ready to throw at the Car - ~
emerged.
The Official Messenger publishes tho
following statements: The Gear and
family attended the requiem service in
memory Of Gar Alexander ii, on Sum
day afternoon. and, half o hour later,
started for Gatchina. The paper makes
no mention of any unus ual incident hay-
ing occurred on that dav or since.
LONDON, March l5.-The Rnssian
Embassy here refuse today to give any
information respecting the truth Or
falsity Of the report that an attempt on
the Cars life was made last Sunday In
st. Petersburg.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg to tho
Daily NeUs says: While the Gar was
returning from the requiem services in
the Cathedral of st. Peter and st. Paul,
a bomb, attached to cord, was thrown
in his direction. The intention
was to tighten the string. which
was connected with some mechau-
ism, and to thus explode the
bomb, but before this design could be ex-
ecuted the criminal and a suspected
accomplice were seized. 1t was found
that they lived together in o lodging
house in the suburbs of the city. Tho
police visited this house, and discovered
there quantity or explosives and . num-
ber of revolutionary pamphlets. Over
200 persons have already been arrested
in connection with the affair,
and doriciliary visits are being
made throughout tie city. The
German police had warned the Russian
authorities that an attempt was to be
made against the Cars life, but the lat
ter failed to trace the plotters. A tels-
gram from Vienna confirms the Daily
Ne,os dispatch and says that the bomb
was thrown under the Cars carriage
and that it was shaped like book, 20
that it could be carried in the hand with
out exciting suspicion.
A dispatch from St, Petersburg to the
Standard says that one Of tie six stus
dents arrested in connection with the
plot carried a hollow book containing =
bottle filled with dynamite and poisoned
bullets. The others had parcels and
bags containing bombs The dispatch
also says that it is alleged that q woman
was arrested who had bomb concealed
in her muff.
The Russian Embassy in London hss
received dispatches confirming the re-
ports of the discovery OF plot to assas-
sinate the Gar and the arrest of the
ring leaders. These dispatches say that
Gar, as the plot had been discovered
before he left the palace. The British
Government has received dispatches to
the same effect from Sir r D. Morier.
British Ambassador at st. Petersburg.
A st. Petersburg dispatch to the
Times says: "On Sunday the route
which was to have been taken by the
Gear was crowded with gayly dressed
people, Before the imperial party left
the fortress the police telegraphsd that
they had grave suspicious that violencs
would be attempted and advised Their
Majesties to change their route. Accord
ingly the royal party drove by the way
of the Neva quay and by circuitous
route, avoiding the tour. Meanwhile
arrests were made at the corner of the
Newsky Prospect and the great Mnrs-
kaia, where the plotters expected that
the imperial party would slacken its
pace, upon turning the corner. The
would.be assassin is OF short stature.
lie refuses to reply to any questions.
The Car cried on hearing the danger
which he had escaped. He did not learn
the particulars until he arrived at the
Gatchina Palace. The persons arrested
in connection with the constitu tionaf
plot Indignantly deny that they were in
any way connected with the Outrage.
and repud,ate any idea of conspiracy.
Their motto. they say, is the people.
with the Gar or against the Gar
They have published lithographic
periodical, composed mainly of extracts
from the works of notable writers ON
constitutional law and political COON
omy."